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Always blissed

As the yoga has spread all over the Western world, also some spiritual truths have become common knowledge. Thus at least all meditators and yoga practitioners know that if you have a problem with someone, you can take a look in the mirror. The inner itinerary is always the same. We admit that the other is not responsible for our bad feelings and we try to understand the reason for the suffering inside ourselves. We even feel honored to meet with the reality inside of us whether it’s a blockage, resistance or a restriction. This way we shed light on the unconscious spots of our mind and allow more emotional clarity and serenity. You can see less talk about the reverse situation. Who is responsible for our happiness or bliss?

I remember a moment when a sweet friend of mine woke me up from my dream. I had just separated from my partner and I felt pain in my heart. I was anxious because I missed him and the love he made me feel. I had been so happy with him and now I felt that he had taken my happiness away. So often in a separation or a divorce, the things get obscured. The other is seen either in anegative light or in a idealized manner.

My friend said to me: “If you were happy with him, it’s about your capacity of being happy and your capacity of loving. It’s not his gift to you.” I realized how true it was. Someone gets the best out of us, makes our love rise, but we are not at the mercy of anybody. In a separation, one good thing is that we face ourselves and can find out how to get our love alive again. We get the best out of ourselves by finding what limits your happiness. How difficult it is sometimes to see that we have everything. The mind distorts this too. It looks outside to see the cause of the happiness. But the happiness too is inside.